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Glycerol-Modified Hydrogel for Wearable Iontophoresis-Driven Drug Delivery.
Rel. Danilo Demarchi, Sandro Carrara, Gian Luca Barbruni. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2025
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Abstract
Wearable epidermal devices are emerging as powerful tools for continuous, non-invasive health monitoring via sweat biomarker analysis. To enable on-demand sweat extraction when physiological sweat is absent, these systems must deliver specific drugs transdermally to stimulate secretion. Iontophoresis, which uses a mild electric current to transport charged drugs through the skin, is a promising solution. However, integrating drug reservoirs into wearable systems remains a challenge. Conventional hydrogels, used for drug delivery, suffer from fabrication complexity and rapid water loss, limiting shelf-life. This thesis addresses some of these issues by using agarose-based hydrogel modified with glycerol for improved long-term water retention. A scalable fabrication method was developed to integrate the agarose/glycerol hydrogel into a wearable iontophoretic device for sweat stimulation and collection.
Inspired by stencil printing, the process uses an adhesive masking layer to define the deposition area and enables precise, blade-assisted application
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